Decussosporites Brenner 1963

Gymnospermae

Full reference: G. J. Brenner. 1963. The spores and pollen of the Potomac Group of Maryland. State of Maryland Board of Natural Resources, Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources Bulletin 27:1-215

Parent taxon: Gymnospermophyta according to Pedersen et al. 2009

See also Brenner 1963 and Friis et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Aethophyllum, Alatocarpus, Allicospermum, Araucariales, Arberiella, Archaeosperma, Barakaroxylon, Belemnopteris, Bennettitales, Birsinghpuria, Bulbospermum, Cardiocarpum, Carpodium, Collospermum, Coniferae, Coniferales, Cordaitopsida, Cornucarpus, Cupressoconus, Damudoxylon, Entylissa, Gondwanophyllites, Indoxylon, Kamthioxylon, Kaokoxylon, Kryshtofovichiella, Lyginopteridopsida, Maheshwariella, Megaporoxylon, Nandorioxylon, Nidispermum, Niponophyllum, Nummulospermum, Otofeistia, Pakuriospermum, Palaeocarpus, Palispermum, Pantiaspermum, Paradoxospermum, Parapalaeoxylon, Platycardia, Polyloboxylon, Polysolenoxylon, Prototaxopitys, Prototaxoxylon, Pyriformispermum, Retortistoma, Rotundaspermum, Savitrispermum, Scirroma, Sclerospiroxylon, Sertostrobus, Shivacarpus, Sonajorispermum, Stephanostoma, Stereocarpus, Sujfunophyllum, Surangephyllum, Tanaidia, Tanaidocarpidium, Taxaliospermum, Taxineae, Taxopitys, Triangulospermum, Trigonomyelon, Uesuguipollenites, Voltziostrobus, Zalesskioxylon, Rugubivesiculites, Ashmoripollis, Cycadinoxylon, Accintisporites, Scotoxylon, Dinophyton, Pteridospermaexylon, Embergerixylon, Protopitys, Protopolyporoxylon, Cedripites, Pilasporites, Reticulopitys, Majsassia, Sofrepites, Cerebropollenites, Alisporites, Exesipollenites, Darneya, Indusiisporites, Zonallapollenites, Perinopollenites, Eddya, Ktalenia, Protocircoporoxylon, Solenoxylon, Svalbardoxylon, Pteridospermopsida, Shanbeipollenites, Paradoxoxylon, Galeacornea, Antarcticoxylon, Menaispermae, Trisocladus, Parcisporites, Lagenospermopsida, Parataxopitys, Falcisporites, Tordoxylon, Striomonosaccites, Taxacites, Tungussocarpus, Minutosaccus, Lasiostrobus, Gnetaceaepollenites, Taeniopitys, Squamae, Yezonia, Enzonalasporites, Amdrupia, Yorkoxylon, Lobatoxylon, Prototaxodioxylon

Subtaxa: Decussosporites microreliculatus

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Type: Decussosporites microreliculatus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Virginia collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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